Cord handled bag



R. o. S LINDEE com: HANDLED BAG Filed March 25, 1946 Aug. 24, 1948.

"'HET 1 Patented Aug. 24, 1948 CORD HANDLED BAG Richard 0. Slindee, Indianapolis, Ind., assignor to Lydia Duebener, St. Paul, Minn.

Application March 23, 1946, Serial No.1 656,605

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to a paper shopping bag and its method of manufacture.

The chief object of this invention is to provide a paper shopping bag of the character indicated which has all the advantages of prior bags of comparable character and none of the disadvantages of bags of a similar character and which can be fabricated at a cost appreciably less than that of the comparable bags and at a cost that is the same or less than that of the similar socalled cheaper bags.

For an understanding of this invention it is to be borne in mind that a paper bag of the socalled shopping type is old and well-known and the same includes an inturned upper hem and a cord that forms handles at the two sides of the bag, which cord is extended downwardly and within the bag for an appreciable distance and then projects outwardly through the bag side and continuously outside of the bag below the bottom of the bag and then returns to the inside of the bag near the lower part of the other side of that bag.

Such a bag has the disadvantage that the cords, when in normal position, may, in opening the bag, escape at the ends so that the so-called bottom exposed portions of the cord do not in fact engage the bottom of the bag and therefore do not constitute a bottom support for bag contents and this is because the side holes are usually positioned above the bottom of the bag to a degree greater than half the width of the bottom of the bag when the bag is collapsed.

This disadvantage of cord displacement has heretofore been obviated by the applicat on of reta ning means on the bottom of the bag that hold the cords in place so that they could not escape laterally and such means usually comprised an advertising label pasted on the bottom of the bag after the cords had been applied thereto. Such label pasting was not only expensive by reason of the label cost. the paste cost and the labor cost of applying same but hadthe further disadvantage that quite frequently the paste on the labels escaped from behind the label and extended outwardly on the bag bottom so that this excess paste subsequently adhered two folded bags together to the detriment of both and possible destruction of one of the bags incident to bag separation.

Another solution to cord retention has been to provide the cord handles as before and bring the cords outside of the bag near the bottom thereof but at a considerable distance therefrom and then bring the cords inwardly through the sides and in immediate proximity to the bottom and then across the bottom above the same, with the result that the cords did not support the bottom of the bag and, in fact, the entire load contained within the bag was cord-supported and thus localized on the cord, not distributed throughout the bag. Such a shopping bag constituted, in effect, nothing more than a sling with a paper wrapper but, obviously, there was no lateral escapement of the cord at the bottom since it was within the bag.

The present invention is directed toward the elimination of the label or similar cord retaining means in the form of an addition to the bag and'the retention of the highly desirable feature of cord reenforcement of the bottom of the bag, thus insuring load support by the bottom of the bag and not so-called sling support of that load.

The chief feature of the present feature resides in simultaneously perforating, when the bag is collapsed, the sides of the bag at a slight distance from the bottom thereof and also one side and one side of the bottom, the two being immediately adjacent, the latter perforations of both types registering with the first mentioned side perforations. In other words, it can be made at one punching. The present invent on retains the hem top perforated for handle extension formation by the cord.

By reason of the fact that one side and the bottom can be lapped and held in lapped relation while the cords are applied to the two spaced holes in each. the labor involved in applying the cord to the bag of this invention is materially reduced.

The present bag has the further advantage that, when the bag is opened, the lapped bottom portion. as it is brought into perpendicular relation to the side that it heretofore lapped, automatically guides the cords. that are exteriorly positioned with respect to the bottom, into parallelism so that when the bag is opened the cords lie below the bottom of the bag and can not escape laterally to lose the bottom supporting function. This feature was and is the objection to bags of the first mentioned prior art type where the bottom cord retaining means in the form of a label was not subsequently applied to the bag bottom as the cord has been applied to the bag.

Other objects and features of the invention will be set forth more fully hereinafter.

The full nature of the invention will be understood from the accompanying drawings and the following description and claim.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a collapsed bag looking at the side which is lapped by the bottom when the bag is collapsed for storage, shipment and th like.

Fig. 2 is a central sectional view through a, bag embodying the invention, the bag being shown in bag forming or opened position.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view thereof with parts broken out to show the same and other parts in detail.

In the drawings it) indicates one bag side and I l the other, it being understood that the ends I 2' are lateral extensions thereof and include the median crease IS. The side II preferably is formed by a lapped junction of the paper stock, said lap being indicated as at M,

The top of the bag is preferably defined by an inturned portion or hem 15.

The bottom of the bag includes the portions l6 that extend inwardly from the ends and towards each other and herein terminate short of meeting engagement, see Fig. 1. The bottom of the bag includes the lapped portions l1 and lit, the lap being indicated at it.

Various creases, etc., are formed therein to position the various parts and they are adhesively secured together toform the bag bottom as illus trated in the lower portions of Figs. 1- and 2. Such formation is conventional to the industry and is usually effected upon automatic machinery to which a roll of kraft paper stock is supplied,

In the hem portion of the bag and in each of the sides there are provided the spaced openings 20 and these four openings, two in each side, are simultaneously formed. Herein each of the sides below the holes 20 and in Vertical alignment therewith, as it were, is provided with the holes 2|. I-Ieretofore in the industry these holes were positioned closer to the top than they are herein illustrated. Herein these holes are shown positioned in the side so that they are-lapped by the collapsed bottom. The side ll is herein provided with the spaced holes 22 and the bottom is provided with the spaced holes 23. The holes 22 and 23 are equidistant from the junction of the side H with the bottom I! and, as shown in Fig. 1, are in registration with the holes 23 when the bottom is collapsed upon the side ll, so that all eightholes can be simultaneously formed in the sides and bottom and obviously, when desired", canbe simultaneously formed when the four hem holes 20 are formed in the bag.

For an appreciation of the commercial importance of this invention the following reference is made: Heretofore for the production of approximately sixty thousand bags per day of a label type wherein the cord or tape is positioned exteriorly of'the bag bottom for support purposes, a total of eighty operators was required. The present invention eliminates nine of-these operators and produces a bag having all of the advantages of the bottom-supported bag, the cord or tape of which is label constrained to bottom-sustaining position. The result, therefore, is a saving of approximately 12.5%. In like manner there is an actual saving in material costs and this, by reason of the elimination of the label, is reduced approximately 5.6%, with the result that the total cost of the bag embodying this invention and having all of the advantages of the bottom-sustained bag with label guidance or constraint, is 9% of the last mentioned bag and without any additional increased cost of bag or cord material. In fact, minor savings can be further efiected because it is easier to apply the cord to the present bag.

Other advantages of positive character or the elimination of disadvantages also are possible herewith, all as initially pointed out herein.

The invention claimed is:

A cord handled and content sustaining collapsible paper shopping bag comprising in combination a collapsible paper bag with lapping sides and ends, the bottom lapping said sides, the side between the bottom and the other lapped side and whereso bottom lapped having a return lapping portion, the bag near the top having a pair of spaced apertures in each of the sides, these apertures in the opposite sides registering. when the bag is collapsed, the sides spaced from the bottom and less distant than the-width of the bottom from the junctions of the sides and bag'bottom, each having a pair of spaced apertures, the bottom and said side return portion adjacent the junction thereof, also each having a corresponding pair of spaced apertures, the last mentioned spaced pair of apertures being equidistant from the junction of the bottom and the return side portion and disposed closer to that junction than the middle of the bag bottom, the last mentioned four pairs of spaced apertures being juxtapositioned to and registered with each other when the bag is collapsed, and a single cord passable alternately and oppositely through successive apertures from the top of the bag-to the bottom thereof and return, the bottom included apertures insuring cord spacing, guiding and maintenance when the bag is opened and erected-,; the

cord, near'the top of thebag" on the same side of the bag providing a handle loop at that side.

RICHARD 0. SLINDEE.

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